ghh@vertigo.princeton.edu (Gilbert Harman) (08/10/89)
For registration information contact U. of Michigan
Extension Service, Dept. of Conferences & Institutes, 200
Hill Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48104-3297
Phone: (313) 764-5304
The Eleventh Annual Conference
of the Cognitive Science Society
Program and Time Schedule
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1989
7:30 am - 10:00 pm - Registration - Concourse
9:00 - 5:00 pm
Mendelssohn Theater
Parallel Distributed Processing Tutorial
Jay McClelland, Carnegie Mellon University
David E. Rumelhart, Stanford University
1:00 - 5:00 pm
Hussey Room
Soar Tutorial
John Laird, University of Michigan
Allen Newell, Carnegie Mellon University
Paul Rosenbloom, Information Science Institute, University of
Southern California
7:00 - 10:30 pm - OPENING RECEPTION & POSTER SESSION -
Ball Room
Connectionism and Intentionality
William Bechtel, Georgia State University
A Connectionist Model of Category Size Effects During Learning
Timothy J. Breen, Boeing Advanced Technology Center
A Connectionist Model of Phonological Short-Term Memory
Gordon D. A. Brown, University College of North Wales
Toward a Connectionist Model of Symbolic Emergence
Yves Chauvin, Stanford University
Representing Variable Information with Simple Recurrent Networks
Catherine L. Harris, University of California, San Diego
Jeffrey L. Elman, University of California, San Diego
EBL and SBL: A Neural Network Synthesis
Bruce F. Katz, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Competition and Learning in a Connectionist Deterministic Parser
Stan C. Kwasny, Washington University
Kanaan A. Faisal, Washington University
DESCARTES: Development Environment for Simulating Hybrid
Connectionist Architectures
Trent E. Lange, University of California, Los Angeles
Jack B. Hodges, University of California, Los Angeles
Maria E. Fuenmayor, University of California, Los Angeles
Leonid V. Belyaev, University of California, Los Angeles
Frame Selection in a Connectionist Model of High-Level Inferencing
Trent E. Lange, University of California, Los Angeles
Michael G. Dyer, University of California, Los Angeles
A Symbolic/Connectionist Script Applier Mechanism
Geunbae Lee, University of California, Los Angeles
Margot Flowers, University of California, Los Angeles
Michael G. Dyer, University of California, Los Angeles
Lexical Ambiguity Resolution in a Constraint Satisfaction Network
Michael E. J. Masson, University of Victoria
The Role of Computational Temperature in a Computer Model of
Concepts and Analogy-Making
Melanie Mitchell, Indiana University
Douglas R. Hofstadter, Indiana University
An Interactive Activation Model for Priming of Geographical
Information
Paul Munro, University of Pittsburgh
Stephen C. Hirtle, University of Pittsburgh
Dynamic Reinforcement Driven Error Propagation Networks with
Application to Game Playing
Tony Robinson, Cambridge University
Frank Fallside, Cambridge University
A Case for Symbolic/Sub-Symbolic Hybrids
Daniel E. Rose, University of California, San Diego
Richard K. Belew, University of California, San Diego
Neural Network Models of Memory Span
Richard Schweickert, Purdue University
Lawrence Guentert, Purdue University
Lora Hersberger, Purdue University
The Lexical Distance Model and Word Priming
Noel E. Sharkey, University of Exeter
Processing Unification-Based Grammars in a Connectionist
Framework
Andreas Stolcke, University of California, Berkeley and
International Computer Science Institute
A Discrete Neural Network Model for Conceptual Representation and
Reasoning
Ron Sun, Brandeis University
Learning Semantic Relationships in Compound Nouns with
Connectionist Networks
Stefan Wermter, University of Massachusetts
THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1989
7:30 am - 4:30 pm - Registration - Concourse
8:30 - 10:30 am
PAPER PRESENTATION
Connectionism 1
Hussey Room
Chair: David S. Touretzky, Carnegie Mellon University
Chunking in a Connectionist Network
David S. Touretzky, Carnegie Mellon University
A PDP Model of Sequence Learning that Exhibits the Power Law
Yoshiro Miyata, Bell Communications Research
Structured Representations and Connectionist Models
Jeffrey L. Elman, University of California, San Diego
Is There RCatastrophic InterferenceS in Connectionist Networks?
Phil A. Hetherington, McGill University
Mark S. Seidenberg, McGill University
Compositionality and the Explanation of Cognitive Processes
Timothy J. van Gelder, Indiana University
PANEL DISCUSSION
Conceptual Change In Scientists and Children
Vandenberg Room
Chair: Susan Gelman, University of Michigan
This panel will address a common set of questions concerning (1) the
nature of conceptual change and (2) the similarities and differences
between conceptual change in children and conceptual change in the
history of science.
Susan Gelman, University of Michigan
William Brewer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Susan Carey, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Micki Chi, University of Pittsburgh
Nancy Nersessian, Princeton University
Paul Thagard, Princeton University
PAPER PRESENTATIONS
Learning 1
Henderson Room
Chair: Colleen M. Seifert, University of Michigan
Learning from Error
Colleen M. Seifert, University of Michigan
Edwin L. Hutchins, University of California, San Diego
A State-Space Model for Prototype Learning
In Jae Myung, Purdue University
Jerome R. Busemeyer, Purdue University
Learning Simple Arithmetic Procedures
Garrison W. Cottrell, University of California, San Diego
Fu-Sheng Tsung, University of California, San Diego
THIYOS: A Classifier System Model of Implicit Knowledge of
Artificial Grammars
Barry B. Druhan, Louisiana State University
Robert C. Mathews, Louisiana State University
10:30 - 11:00 am - Break - Concourse
11:00 - 12:15 pm
PLENARY SESSION
Mendelssohn Theater
Chair: John Holland, University of Michigan
The Cognitive Architecture of a Robot That Walks and Learns
Speaker: David Waltz, Thinking Machines Corporation
12:15 - 1:30 pm - Lunch
1:30 - 3:30 pm
PANEL DISCUSSION
The Role of Attention in High Level Vision: Cognitive Neuroscience
Perspectives
Mendelssohn Theater
Chair: David Plaut, Carnegie Mellon University
A Functional Scheme for Visual Selective Attention
John Duncan, MRC Applied Psychology Unit, Cambridge, England
ATTENTION!: Neural Mechanisms in Extrastriate Cortex in Monkeys
Robert Desimone, National Institute of Health
Visual Attention to Locations and Objects: Evidence from the Neglect
Syndrome
Martha Farah, Carnegie Mellon University
The Role of Imagery in Object Recognition
Stephen Kosslyn, Harvard University
On the Interaction of Selective Attention and Lexical Knowledge: A
Distributed Connectionist Model of Neglect Dyslexia
Michael Mozer, University of Colorado at Boulder
PAPER PRESENTATIONS
Language 1
Vandenberg Room
Chair: Neff Walker, University of Michigan
Lexical Conceptual Structure and Generation in Machine Translation
Bonnie J. Dorr, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Robust Lexical Selection in Parsing and Generation
Michael Gasser, Indiana University
Causal/Temporal Connectives: Syntax and Lexicon
Michael Brent, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
A Critical Look at the Foundations of Autonomous Syntactic Analysis
Lawrence Birnbaum, Yale University
PAPER PRESENTATIONS
Knowledge Representation 1
Hussey Room
Chair: Richard Catrambone, Georgia Tech University
The Frame of Reference Problem in Cognitive Modeling
William J. Clancey, Institute for Research on Learning
The Many Uses of TBeliefU in AI
Robert F. Hadley, Simon Fraser University
Using View Types to Generate Explanations in Intelligent Tutoring
Systems
Art Souther, University of Texas at Austin
Liane Acker, University of Texas at Austin
James Lester, University of Texas at Austin
Bruce Porter, University of Texas at Austin
Relations Relating Relations
Robert L. Goldstone, University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign
Dedre Gentner, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Douglas L. Medin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
3:30 - 4:00 pm - Break - Concourse
4:00 - 6:00 pm
PANEL DISCUSSION
Distributed Cognition
Hussey Room
Chair: Donald Norman, University of California, San Diego
Discussant: Lauren B. Resnick, University of Pittsburgh
Cognitive Artifacts
Donald Norman, University of California, San Diego
Socially Distributed Cognition
Edwin L. Hutchins, University of California, San Diego
Collaborative Work
Gary M. Olson, University of Michigan, and Judith S. Olson,
University of Michigan
PAPER PRESENTATIONS
Case-Based Reasoning
Henderson Room
Chair: Steven L. Lytinen, University of Michigan
Integrating Generalizations with Exemplar-Based Reasoning
L. Karl Branting, University of Texas at Austin
Combining Explanation Types for Learning by Understanding
Instructional Examples
Michael Redmond, Georgia Institute of Technology
Selecting the Best Case for a Case-Based Reasoner
Janet L. Kolodner, Georgia Institute of Technology
Integrating Feature Extraction and Memory Search
Christopher Owens, Yale University
The Function of Examples in Learning a Second Language From an
Instructional Text
Carol E. Moon, University of Michigan
Steven L. Lytinen, University of Michigan
4:00 - 6:30 pm
PANEL DISCUSSION
On-Line Analysis of Sentence Processing: The Role of Structure and
Inference
Vandenberg Room
Chair: David A. Swinney, Graduate Center, City University of New
York
Structure and Inference During Language Comprehension: An
Overview of Psychological Issues and Evidence
David A. Swinney, Graduate Center, City University of New York
Empty Categories in Sentence Processing: Linguistic Issues
Janet Dean Fodor, Graduate Center, City University of New York
Parsing Complex Sentences: From Transformations to Chains
Charles Clifton, University of Massachusetts
An ERP Study of Preferred Verb Argument Structure in Gap Filling
Susan M. Garnsey, University of Illinois
The Assignment of Empty Categories: Linguistic Representation After
Semantic Comprehension
Thomas G. Bever, University of Rochester
The Role of Thematic Structure in Parsing and Interpreting Sentences
with Empty Categories
Michael K. Tanenhaus, University of Rochester
7:00 - 10:30 pm - Poster Session - Ball Room
Learning Relative Attribute Weights for Instance-Based Concept
Descriptions
David W. Aha, University of California, Irvine
Dale M. McNulty, University of California, Irvine
Selective Associations in Causality Judgments II: A Strong Causal
Relationship May Facilitate Judgments of a Weaker One
A. G. Baker, McGill University
Dwight Mazmanian, Concordia University
Representation and Acquisition of Knowledge of Functional Systems
Serge Baudet, University of Paris VIII
Guy Denhiere, University of Paris VIII
Coherence Relation Assignment
Kathleen Dahlgren, IBM/Los Angeles Scientific Center
A Model for Contextualizing Natural Language Discourse
John Dinsmore, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
An Intelligent Tutoring System Approach to Teaching People How to
Learn
Richard G. Feifer, University of California, Los Angeles
True and Pseudo Framing Effects
Deborah Frisch, University of Oregon
Question Answering in the Context of Causal Mechanisms
Arthur C. Graesser II, Memphis State University
Darold Hemphill, Memphis State University
Lawrence E. Brainerd, Memphis State University
Learning a Troubleshooting Strategy: The Roles of Domain Specific
Knowledge and General Problem-Solving Strategies
Leo Gugerty, Educational Testing Service
Device Representation for Modeling Improvisation in Mechanical Use
Situations
Jack Hodges, University of California, Los Angeles
TConfirmation BiasU in Rule Discovery and the Principle of Maximum
Entropy
Edward Hoenkamp, University of California, Los Angeles
Modeling of User Performance with Computer Access and Alternative
Communication Systems for Handicapped People
Heidi M. Horstmann, University of Michigan
Simon P. Levine, University of Michigan
Focusing Your RST: A Step Toward Generating Coherent
Multisentential Text
Eduard H. Hovy, University of Southern California
Kathleen F. McCoy, University of Delaware
Individual Differences in the Revision of an Abstract Knowledge
Structure
Stephen Jackson, MRC Applied Psychology Unit, Cambridge,
England
Distributed Problem Solving: The Social Contexts of Learning and
Transfer
James A. Levin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Naomi Miyake, Aoyama Gakuin Women's College, Tokyo, Japan
Michael Waugh, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
A Framework for Psychological Causal Induction: Integrating the
Power and Covariation Views
Yunn-wen Lien, University of California, Los Angeles
Patricia W. Cheng, University of California, Los Angeles
Lexical vs. Nonlexical Cognitive Processing: Is General Slowing
Domain-Specific?
Susan D. Lima, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Sandra Hale, Washington University
Joel Myerson, Washington University
Does Function Provide a Core for Artifact Concepts?
Barbara C. Malt, Lehigh University
Eric C. Johnson, Lehigh University
Planning in an Open World: A Pluralistic Approach
Mitchell Marks, University of Chicago
Kristian J. Hammond, University of Chicago
Tim Converse, University of Chicago
Apprenticeship or Tutorial: Models for Interaction with an
Intelligent Instructional System
Denis Newman, BBN Systems and Technologies Corporation
Abduction and World Model Revision
Paul O'Rorke, University of California, Irvine
Steven Morris, University of California, Irvine
David Schulenburg, University of California, Irvine
A Linguistic Approach to the Problem of Slot Semantics
H. Van Dyke Parunak, Industrial Technology Institute
Parsing and Representing Container Metaphors
R. Pascale, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
J. W. Roach, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
R. S. Virkar, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
The Influence of Prior Theories on the Ease of Concept Acquisition
Michael J. Pazzani, University of California, Irvine
David Schulenburg, University of California, Irvine
Recognition of Melody Fragments in Continuously Performed Music
Robert Port, Indiana University
Sven Anderson, Indiana University
Computing Value Judgments During Story Understanding
John F. Reeves, University of California, Los Angeles
A Cooperative Model of Intuition and Reasoning for Natural Language
Processing - Microfeatures and Logic
Hideo Shimazu, NEC Corporation
Yosuke Takashima, NEC Corporation
Reinterpretation and the Perceptual Microstructure of Conceptual
Knowledge
Jeff Shrager, Xerox PARC
A Model of Natural Category Structure and its Behavioral
Implications
Jane Silber, Vanderbilt University
Douglas Fisher, Vanderbilt University
Qualitative and Quantitative Reasoning About Thermodynamics
Gordon Skorstad, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Kenneth D. Forbus, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
An Approach to Constructing Student Models: Status Report for the
Programming Domain
James C. Spohrer, Yale University
Preattentive Indexing and Visual Counting: FINSTs and the
Enumeration of Concentric Items
Lana Trick, University of Western Ontario
Zenon Pylyshyn, University of Western Ontario
Making Conversation Flexible
Elise H. Turner, Georgia Institute of Technology
Richard E. Cullingford, Georgia Institute of Technology
When Reactive Planning is Not Enough: Using Contextual Schemas to
React Appropriately to Environmental Change
Roy M. Turner, Georgia Institute of Technology
Search in Analogical Reasoning
Joseph P. Vybihal, McGill University
Thomas R. Shultz, McGill University
Capturing Intuitions About Human Language Production
Nigel Ward, University of Tokyo and University of California,
Berkeley
The Role of Intermediate Abstractions in Understanding Science and
Mathematics
Barbara Y. White, BBN Laboratories
Learning From Examples: The Effect of Different Conceptual Roles
Edward J. Wisniewski, University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign
Active Acquisition for User Modeling in Dialog Systems
Dekai Wu, University of California, Berkeley
Bettina Horster, University of Dortmund, West Germany
FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1989
8:30 am - 4:30 pm - Registration - Concourse
8:30 - 10:30 am
PAPER PRESENTATIONS
Connectionism 2
Hussey Room
Chair: Garrison W. Cottrell, University of California, San Diego
Token Frequency and Phonological Predictability in a Pattern
Association Network: Implications for Child Language Acquisition
Virginia Marchman, University of California, San Diego
Kim Plunkett, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Towards a Connectionist Phonology: The RMany MapsS Approach to
Sequence Manipulation
David S. Touretzky, Carnegie Mellon University
A Connectionist Model of Form-Related Priming Effects
Robert R. Peterson, University of Rochester
Gary S. Dell, University of Rochester
Padraig G. O'Seaghdha, University of Rochester
Figurative Adjective-Noun Interpretation in a Structured
Connectionist Network
Susan Hollbach Weber, University of Rochester
PAPER PRESENTATIONS
Reasoning 1
Vandenberg Room
Chair: John M. Miyamoto, University of Washington
Anomalous Conditional Judgments and Ramsey's Thought Experiment
John M. Miyamoto, University of Washington
James W. Lundell, Hewlett-Packard
Shihfen Tu, University of Washington
Competition for Evidential Support
Gilbert Harman, Princeton University
Managing Uncertainty in Rule-Based Reasoning
Thomas R. Shultz, McGill University
Philip David Zelazo, McGill University
Daniel J. Engelberg, McGill University
Explorations in the Contributors to Plausibility
Cynthia L. Loiselle, University of Massachusetts
Paul R. Cohen, University of Massachusetts
PANEL DISCUSSION
Applications of Cognitive Science
Mendelssohn Theater
Chair: Gary M. Olson, University of Michigan
Understanding in Practice and Theory
Clayton Lewis, University of Colorado at Boulder
Intelligent Tutors and the Study of Skill Acquisition
John Anderson, Carnegie Mellon University
Theory and Applications - A Two-Way Street
Walter Kintsch, University of Colorado at Boulder
Title to be announced
Tom Landauer, Bell Communication Research
10:30 - 11:00 am - Break - Concourse
11:00 - 12:15 pm
PLENARY SESSION
Mendelssohn Theater
Chair: Gary M. Olson, University of Michigan
A Law of Generalization and Connectionist Learning
Speaker: Roger N. Shepard, Stanford University
12:15 - 1:30 pm - Lunch
1:30 - 3:30 pm
PANEL DISCUSSION
Rules & Inductive Reasoning
Mendelssohn Theater
Chair: Edward E. Smith, University of Michigan
Rules and Rule-Like Behavior
Douglas L. Medin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Criteria for Rule Following
Edward E. Smith, University of Michigan
Richard Nisbett, University of Michigan
Chris Langston, University of Michigan
The Logic of Plausible Reasoning
Alan Collins, Bolt Beranek and Newman
On Following Rules: A Biological Solution to the Kripke-Uittgenstein
Paradox
Ruth Millikan, University of Connecticut
The Emergence of Internal Models Under Inductive Processes
John Holland, University of Michigan
PAPER PRESENTATIONS
Language 2
Vandenberg Room
Chair: Douglas A. Behrend, University of Michigan
A Theory of the Aspectual Progressive
Michael J. Almeida, Pennsylvania State University
Default Values in Verb Frames: Cognitive Biases for Learning Verb
Meanings
Douglas A. Behrend, University of Michigan
Generating Temporal Expressions in Natural Language
David R. Forster, University of Massachusetts
The Role of Abstraction in Place Vocabularies
Paul Nielsen, General Electric
PAPER PRESENTATIONS
Design and Negotiation
Hussey Room
Chair: Judith S. Olson, University of Michigan
Cognitive Efficiency Considerations for Good Graphic Design
Stephen Casner, University of Pittsburgh
Jill H. Larkin, Carnegie Mellon University
A Process Model of Experience-Based Design
Katia P. Sycara, Carnegie Mellon University
D. Navinchandra, Carnegie Mellon University
Cognition in Design Process
Chiu-Shui Chan, Carnegie Mellon University
Evaluation of Suggestions During Automated Negotiations
Sarit Kraus, University of Maryland
Eithan Ephrati, The Hebrew University, Israel
Daniel Lehmann, The Hebrew University, Israel
3:30 - 4:00 pm - Break - Concourse
4:00 - 6:00 pm
PANEL DISCUSSION
Connectionist Models of Language
Hussey Room
Chair: Jay McClelland, Carnegie Mellon University
Models of Language: Rules or Connections?
Jay McClelland, Carnegie Mellon University
Discovering Syntactic Structure Using Simple Recurrent Networks
Jeffrey L. Elman, University of California, San Diego
A Crosslinguistic Connectionist Model for Morphological Learning
Brian MacWhinney, Carnegie Mellon University
Sentence Comprehension by Parallel Constraint Satisfaction
Mark St. John, Carnegie Mellon University
U-Shaped Learning Curves in a Connectionist Model of Past Tense
Learning
Virginia Marchman, University of California, San Diego
Kim Plunkett, University of Aarhus, Denmark
PAPER PRESENTATIONS
Learning 2
Vandenberg Room
Chair: Mark A. Gluck, Stanford University
Composite Holographic Associative Recall Model (CHARM) and
Blended Memories in Eyewitness Testimony
Janet Metcalfe, University of California, San Diego
A Two-Stage Categorization Model of Family Resemblance Sorting
Woo-Kyoung Ahn, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Douglas L. Medin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
A Configural-Cue Network Model of Animal and Human Associative
Learning
Mark A. Gluck, Stanford University
Gordon H. Bower, Stanford University
Michael R. Hee, Stanford University
Induction of Continuous Stimulus-Response Relations
Kyunghee Koh, University of Michigan
David E. Meyer, University of Michigan
PAPER PRESENTATIONS
Knowledge Representation 2
Henderson Room
Chair: Judith S. Olson, University of Michigan
Structural Evaluation of Analogies: What Counts?
Kenneth D. Forbus, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Dedre Gentner, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Structural Representations of Music Performance
Caroline Palmer, Ohio State University
A Logic for Emotions: A Basis for Reasoning About Commonsense
Psychological Knowledge
Kathryn E. Sanders, Brown University
Extracting Visual Information From Text: Using Captions to Label
Human Faces in Newspaper Photographs
Rohini K. Srihari, State University of New York at Buffalo
William J. Rapaport, State University of New York at Buffalo
6:00 - 6:30 pm - Society Business Meeting - Hussey Room
6:30 - 9:00 pm - Banquet - Ball Room
SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 1989
8:00 am - 12:00 pm - Registration - Concourse
8:30 - 10:30 am
PAPER PRESENTATIONS
Connectionism 3
Hussey Room
Chair: Richard K. Belew, University of California, San Diego
Head-Driven Massively-Parallel Constraint Propagation: Head-
Features and Subcategorization as Interacting Constraints in
Associative Memory
Hideto Tomabechi, Carnegie Mellon University
Lori Levin, Carnegie Mellon University
Virtual Memories and Massive Generalization in Connectionist
Combinatorial Learning
Olivier Brousse, University of Colorado at Boulder
Paul Smolensky, University of Colorado at Boulder
Connectionist Variable-Binding by Optimization
P. Anandan, Yale University
Stanley Letovsky, Carnegie Mellon University
Eric Mjolsness, Yale University
Efficient Inference with Multi-Place Predicates and Variables in a
Connectionist System
Venkat Ajjanagadde, University of Pennsylvania
Lokendra Shastri, University of Pennsylvania
PAPER PRESENTATIONS
Reasoning 2
Henderson Room
Chair: Jeff Shrager, Xerox PARC
On the Nature of Children's Naive Knowledge
Stella Vosniadou, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
and Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki/Greece
Comparing Historical and Intuitive Explanations of Motion: Does
"Naive Physics" Have a Structure?
Nancy J. Nersessian, Princeton University
Lauren B. Resnick, University of Pittsburgh
Qualitative Geometric Reasoning
Robert K. Lindsay, University of Michigan
Scientific Reasoning Strategies in a Simulated Molecular Genetics
Environment
Kevin Dunbar, McGill University
PAPER PRESENTATIONS
Skill Acquisition
Vandenberg Room
Chair: Kurt VanLehn, Carnegie Mellon University
Learning Events in the Acquisition of Three Skills
Kurt VanLehn, Carnegie Mellon University
Perceptual Chunks in Geometry Problem Solving: A Challenge to
Theories of Skill Acquisition
Kenneth R. Koedinger, Carnegie Mellon University
John R. Anderson, Carnegie Mellon University
Empirical Analyses of Self-Explanation and Transfer in Learning to
Program
Peter Pirolli, University of California, Berkeley
Kate Bielaczyc, University of California, Berkeley
Action Planning: Producing UNIX Commands
Stephanie M. Doane, University of Colorado at Boulder
Walter Kintsch, University of Colorado at Boulder
Peter Polson, University of Colorado at Boulder
10:30 - 11:00 am - Break - Concourse
11:00 - 12:15 pm
PLENARY SESSION
Mendelssohn Theater
Chair: John Jonides, University of Michigan
Direct Perception and Recognition as Distinct Perceptual Systems
Speaker: Ulric Neisser, Emory University
12:15 - 1:30 pm - Lunch
1:30 - 3:30 pm
PAPER PRESENTATIONS
Distributed Representations in Adaptive Network Models
Hussey Room
Chair: Mark A. Gluck, Stanford University
Stimulus Sampling in a Distributed Network Model: Effects of
Category Frequency on Generalization
Mark A. Gluck, Stanford University
Using Distributed Representations to Transmit Information Rapidly
Geoff Hinton, University of Toronto
Representation of Variables in Connectionist Networks
Deborah Walters, State University of New York at Buffalo
Distributed Representations and Psychological Similarity
David E. Rumelhart, Stanford University
Learning and Representation in Connectionist Networks
Stephen J. Hanson, Bellcore Communications
PAPER PRESENTATIONS
Language 3
Henderson Room
Chair: David J. Townsend, Montclair State College
Lexical Processing and the Mechanism of Context Effects in Text
Comprehension
Amanda J. C. Sharkey, University of Exeter
Noel E. Sharkey, University of Exeter
Pragmatic Interpretation and Ambiguity
Charles E. Martin, Yale University
Expertise and Constraints in Interactive Sentence Processing
David J. Townsend, Montclair State College
Thomas G. Bever, University of Rochester
Anomaly Detection Strategies for Schema-Based Story Understanding
David B. Leake, Yale University
Expectation Verification: A Mechanism for the Generation of Meta
Comments
Ingrid Zukerman, Monash University
PLENARY SESSION
Soar
Vandenberg Room
Chair: John Laird, University of Michigan
Toward a Unified Theory of Immediate Reasoning in Soar
Thad A. Polk, Carnegie Mellon University
Allen Newell, Carnegie Mellon University
Richard L. Lewis, Carnegie Mellon University
Toward a Soar Theory of Taking Instructions for Immediate
Reasoning Tasks
Richard L. Lewis, Carnegie Mellon University
Allen Newell, Carnegie Mellon University
Thad A. Polk, Carnegie Mellon University
Tower-Noticing Triggers Strategy-Change in the Tower of Hanoi: A
Soar Model
Dirk Ruiz, Carnegie Mellon University
Allen Newell, Carnegie Mellon University
3:30 - 4:00 pm - Break - Concourse
4:00 - 6:00 pm
PLENARY SESSION
Cognitive Science 10 Years After the Society's Initial Meeting
Mendelssohn Theater
Chair: Edward E. Smith, University of Michigan
Donald Norman, University of California, San Diego
Roger Schank, Northwestern University
Alan Collins, Bolt Beranak and Newman
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